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Effectiveness of Paradox Therapy on Behavioral Functions, Emotional Regulation, and Brain Functions by FNIRS in the Treatment of Aerophobia

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 PhD Student in Counseling, Department, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Neuroscience Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Professor of Psychology, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

4 Associate Professor of Education and Counseling Department, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

5 Assistant Professor of Counseling Department, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

10.30473/sc.2024.72457.3015

Abstract

This research was conducted to determine the effectiveness of paradox therapy on behavioral functions, emotional regulation, and brain functions by FNIRS in treating aerophobia. The current research design was a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test type with an experimental group (paradox therapy) and a control group (13 people in each group) with a 1-month follow-up test. The statistical population of this research included people who were fear of flying, and they were invited to participate in an invitation in 2024 in Tehran. Fear of flying questionnaire, emotion regulation questionnaire and Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (FNIRS) were used to collect data and also 5 session protocol (one session per week and 60 minutes each session) of paradox therapy was used for intervention. The data were analyzed with the methods of analysis of variance with repeated measurements and t-tests. The findings indicated that the paradox therapy program improved the behavioral functions and also the average oxyhemoglobin contrast signal of the left hemisphere channels in the post-test had a significant decrease compared to the pre-test (p<0.01), but it had no significant effect on emotion regulation (p>0.01). In general, paradox therapy is very important in improving the fear of flying. It can improve the behavioral and brain functions of a person, and this method can be used to treat the fear of flying.

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Social Cognition
Volume 13, Issue 26 - Serial Number 26
November 2024
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